HUN PIRACY CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2886, 26 September 1916, Page 5

HUN PIRACY CRISIS

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ATTEMPT TO REVIVE SEA. ' " FRIGHTFULNESS " j (Renter's Telegram.) .: ! Amsterdam, September 24. : A great political crisis is slowly da* veloping in Germany. No doubt ill? Pan-Germans are doing their utmost to ; overthrow the Chancellor. .The crisis is the sequel to the publication of cor.- .! respondence betiveen Grand Admiral; ; ron Tirpitz and the Imperial Chancel- •'; lor, Horr von Bethmann Hollweg, ■! showing that the latter opposed the- ; ruthless submarine warfare favoured by the Pan-Germans. ........ DUTCH STEAMER SEIZED BY THE •; GERMANS ■ ■ " i ANGER IN HOLLAND.. , j Amsterdam, September 24. • j The Germans seized and then releafc* ed the Dutch steamer Pfins Hendrik, bound to England, after removing 34; of the passengers. CKeuter'n Tcleiram.) Amsterdam, September 24. . ■ The Prins Hendrik's detained passengers included'escaped French and Rus-' •sian prisoners of war, ten British soldiers en route to England on furlough:, and also British and Belgian couriers. : The seizure of the vessel has startled '■ and angered the Dutchmen. The mails were not tampered with. ■•-,'. THE TUBANTIA INCIDENT. AustraJim-New Zealand Cable Association Amsterdam, September 24. Germany has accepted the offer by Holland fcq submit the Tubantia case • . to arbitration after the war. A BATAVIER LINER SEIZED. BY THE GERMANS. (Rec. September .25, 10.35 p.w.) ' The Haguo, September 23. . The Germans have seized a Batavietf liner, and taken her to Zeebrugge. [The Batavier liners (Duteh) include . \ several vessels of this .name. , Bfcta- 'i vier I, Batavier 11, and so on.- Their | tonnage "ranges from' 157 tons to 1506. tons.] ' BRITISH NORTH SEA PACKET CAPTURED j ■ Amsterdam, September 24. - . ! The Germans havo captured -tn* i Great Eastern Railway Company's ! steamer Colchester (1209 tons), and j havo taken her to Zeebrugge. : \ GRIMSBY TRAWLERS SUNK ' (Router's Tekram.) ! (Rec. September 25,10.35 p.m.)' ,' j . London, September 25. ':' , Twelve Grimsby trawlers have bderf ■ sunk by submarines in the North Sea- j The crews wore saved. . ■ • I The British steamer *Pcarl is report j cd to have.been sunk. • » ■ j ["There aro" several vessers of this \ name in the Shipping Register.] . - 'j